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UNITED" STATES PATENT OF ICE.

OLIVER M. MITCHELL, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

SPRING FOR BlCYCLE-SADDLES.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 294,655, dated March4,'1884.

Application filed January 17, 1884. (No model.)

T at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLIVER M. MITCHELL, of Providence, in the county ofProvidence and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Springs for Bicycle-Saddles, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of my invention is to producea saddle-spring of simple formand efficient action. e

The invention consists in the peculiar and novel construction of thespring and in its combination with a bicycle provided with certainattachments for holding the spring in operative position.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of thespring. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of part of abicycle with my improvedspring applied. Fig. 3 is a side view of a fragment of the backbone of abicycle,

showing one of the spring-attaching devices.

In the said drawings, A designates my improved spring, which is made ofresilient metal. At one end the body A is bent downward and thenbackward under the body, and terminates in a flattened extremity, a. Atthis bend the springis formed with a slot, a, as is shown in Fig. 1. Theopposite end of the body Ais bent downward and upward, so as to form aneye, a This bend or loop a is also provided with a slot, a similar tothe slot a, as shown in Fig. 1.

B designates the backbone of a bicycle, and

v0 the fork of the same. Upon the upper side of the backbone is formedor secured a rib, b,

which is placed at the point occupied by the eye end of the spring. Therib b is formed with an eye, I), as shown in Fig. 3.

Z) designates a strap or bridge, which is formed or secured upon thebackbone at such a point as to receive the end a of the spring A. Uponthe upper side of the backbone, at its forward end, is formed or securedarib, b, which occupies such a position and is of such shape as toengage the front end of the spring A.

In applying this spring the end a is passed under the strap 5 and therib I)" is caused to' enter the slot a of the spring. The rib b iscaused to enter the slot a and a bolt or pin, 0, is'passed through theeyes a and b.

The seat is suitably secured to the body A.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. The spring A, having 'the front bend and flattenedend a and the eye a", as set forth.-

2. The spring A, having the front bend and the flattened end a and theeye a and provided with the slotsa (t ,'21S set forth.

3. The ribs 7) b and the strap b formed upon the backbone of a bicycle,the rib b being formed with an eye, I), in combination with the springA, having the front bend and fiattened end a, the eye a", and slots a aand the pin or bolt 0, all arranged and operating as set forth.

OLIVER M. MITCHELL.

IVitnesses J. A. MILLER, Jr. M. F. BLIGH.

